Chatanim

Every year, 2 men are picked as the Chatanim for Simchat Torah. The Chatan Torah has the honour of being called up to finish the reading of the Torah, and the Chatan Bereshit to the first part of the Torah immediately afterwards.

This is the highest honour the Shul can bestow on a member, and is usually given to members who, along with their wives, have dedicated themselves to the good of the community over a period of time.

Year Chatan Torah Chatan Bereshit
1965    
1966    
1967    
1968 Sam Franks Jimmy Larholt
1969 D Alexander Vic Cannon
1970 Joe Rubin I Stowe
1971 Paul Whiteman John Wolffe
1972 D Young J Klein
1973 Michael Freedland Malcolm Fox
1974 Sidney Bass David Goldwater
1975 Stephen Forman Barry Chippeck
1976 Raymond Jayson Ken Keller
1977 Rabbi A Plancey Joe Gold
1978 Jonathan Rosen Alan Davidson
1979 Brian Chalfen Malcolm Mandel
1980 Alan Phillips David Newman
1981 Howard Green Howard Grant
1982 Peter Elliston Meir Wantman
1983 Marshall Blaker Michael Frankfurt
1984 Barry Kalms Anthony Arnold
1985 Barney Cronick Moritz Weinstein
1986 Peter Wulwick Greg Lander
1987 Barry Ries Ray Foley-Comer
1988 Rabbi A Plancey Alec Rubin
1989 Joe Weston Martin Levine
1990 Steve Davis Henry Paul
1991 Paul Kutner  Wayne Barnett
1992 Ken Freedman Leon Newmark
1993 Philip Mitchell Ray Rubenstein
1994 Malcolm Gordon Julian Low
1995 Stephen Levey Godfrey Minsky
1996 Rabbi A Plancey Simon Winters
1997 Jonathan Arkush Stuart Polak
1998 Harvey Cohen Richard Felsenstein
1999 Martin Lerner Mark Sacofsky
2000 Daniel Rynhold Simon Birnbaum
2001 Barry Shaw Barry Winterman
2002 Neville Goldschneider Simon Hoffman
2003 David Miller Philip Belchak
2004 Charles Sacofsky Simon Gale
2005 David Steene Allan Kay 
2006 Rabbi A Plancey Stephen Lubinsky
2007 Ben Ginsburg Mark Ford
2008 Rabbi N Brawer Paul Finn
2009 Barry Rose David Freedman
2010 Richard Kafton David Assor
2011 Anthony Rosenfeld Nicholas Arnold 
2012   Bryan Seaton
2013 David Harrisberg Rabbi B Boudilovsky
2014 Rabbi C Kanterovitz Joel Sager
2015 Neville Levy Daniel Grose
2016 Simon Herman Nicholas Mandel
2017 Rabbi A Chapper Benjamin Arnold
2018 Johnny Maurer Rabbi Y Finn